Shows the beginning of construction on the Hoover Dam (later called Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada. With excellent footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in collaboration with Six Companies, Inc. and The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior
Audio/Visual: Si, B&W
Keywords: Infrastructure: Dams; Boulder Dam; Nevada

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Early Hoover Dam - views of Boulder City, Government houses, roads, city and dam Colorado.